In the Brothers Grimm tale “The Seven Ravens,” the sister must make seven shirts to restore her brothers.
The brothers are transformed into ravens after their father angrily sends them to fetch water for their baby sister’s baptism. The sister grows up unaware of what happened, then learns of the enchantment and sets out to find them. At the Glass Mountain, she discovers that she must create seven shirts to break the spell.
The task is made harder because she has only a limited time and accidentally leaves one shirt incomplete. When the brothers put on the shirts, six are fully restored, while the brother whose shirt is unfinished retains a raven’s wing. This detail distinguishes the tale from “The Six Swans,” where a sister also sews shirts but the brothers are swans.
The story is one of several Grimm tales built around a silent period, handmade garments, and a sibling’s devotion overcoming magic.